In the Studebaker Playground

Although i have always been a fan i have been an Avanti virgin. Today i gave it away by taking a ride in the restored to the max beauty. Since i'm still waiting for my new carb ro arrive (hopefull that it will be the end to the ethonal enhanced gas damage) Ol Snort has to sit out the Tucson Studebaker Club wine tasting tour. So rather than me following around in my mini-van i got to ride in this. One just takes the luck where they find it. Anybody got an extra 35k laying around so i can have one of my one send it on.

After a prosctto ham, with baby portabello mushroom and sweet potato fritta on a bed of polenta. It was wine time, so off went the herd on two lane asphalt where once the famous Studebaker wagons roamed. To the remnents and much upadated old frontier town of Elgin, where Buffalo Soldiers from Fort Hauchuca indulged in! Various forms of entertainment in the 1800s. Some entertainment still exist but it's mostly contained in a bottle.

Of course the rest of the group and thier rides were just as worthy as the one i got to ride in, and they ranged in years from 1937 to 1964.

Wineries visted.

http://www.elginwines.com/

http://www.wilhelmfamilyvineyards.com/vineyards/

http://callaghanvineyards.com/contact.html

All wine consumed was considered sacrmental imbidement due to it being Sunday and it was just a short walk to the little church on the hill for those who felt guilty. None in our party had any angst because after all we were in Studebakers.

Life change 168 Home Again

It may not be sunset at the Burrista Coffee Shop but it is just as good to sit on the back porch sipping a cool beverage, listening to the doves sing lullaby's to their chicks and watching the sun go down.

All is well, trip was nice and slow once i got to California, meandering down back roads. Vi sting friends and relatives along the way. And of course stude spotting. Have dealt with all the various gov. and private agencies and have completed everything except replacing the stolen license plates for my car trailer while it was on a road trip. lost 3 of the 18 pounds i gained in Guam. And have visited two malls and sitting on a bench for my old pastime brought on by that 50's song I'm a girl butt watchin my my watchin them go by.

So far even at my age vision is good it seems.

Cleaning up Old Snort and installing a new fuel pump and hope to make the Stude run to the wine country this weekend. Have gone back to my pagan ways of occasional shaving, shorts, t-shirts and Jesus sandals. So all and all life is good.

To all i have just left and all i haven't seen for awhile, keep the door open, ya never know when or where the next road trip leads.